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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25
in NO-MAN'S.LANDs
Three People Killed on a Raneh-Ths Muir
derers Escape.

Three People Killed on Raneh-Ehs MUIR
derers Escape.
WICHITA, KAN, Dec. "a "A CHASTITY
discovery, recalling deeds similar to those
OF the notorious Bender family, has been
made on ranch nine miles from Osk
City, in No. Man's-Land. The ranch had
been occupied by family named Kelly
and nothing WAS known against them,
and when they suddenly left while age
the act causedSno comment. few days
ago man happened to enter the
house they hid occupied. A terrible
sterch caused him to Investigate, and in
the basement Ne found the partially de-
composed body of man. He notified
others and a search was made. Two
more bodies were found. In the
floor was q peculiarly constructed trap
door by which 1t is believed the victims
were thrown into the cellar and disposed
of at pleasure. A great many people have
Lnysteriously disappeared Of late.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25
struok with a Dynamite Bomb

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Dec. I24.-Patrol-
man Cook last night saw burglar at
work and tried to arrest him. He threw
something at the officer which struck him
on the head and exploded, fractGring the
skull. 1t is supposed to have been dyna-
mite. Cook Is in q critical condition, but
may recOYerI
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25

SPEAKER CARLISLE AND MRS. . FLAHkRIf'
ing favors, belay the Speaker and plead
for the objects of their desires. Yester
day as Mr.. Carlisle was going across the
corridor, big, fat old Irish lady rushed
at him and with both hands clutched his
arm, exclaiming:
"Oh, Misther carlisle, l am Mrs.
O'Flaherty and kape boarding house
on Virginia avenue. Won't yez be SO
koind as to do me favor. Plazs sind
some of the byes down. l have . new
cook and my table is ixcellenti' The
good-natured Speaker laughed ut the
novelty and audacity Of the request and
probably gave more time and attention
to it than he would had it been Mr.. Ran
dali asking for the Craftsmanship Of the
committee on ways and means.
"My good woman" said the Speaker,
ssnothing would give me greater pleasure
In this lie than to do you this favor. l
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25
Etatus CT the Reading Strike,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 24.-Au is
quiet at the Port Richmond coal wharfs
this morning. The strikers are orderly.
Superintendent of Police L.mon has is
sued orders for the police lieutenants to
keep the entire force of reserves and de-
tail oacers at the station house until fur
Their orders
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25
syrup OF Figs

Manufactured only by the California Fig
Syrup Company, San Francisco, CAL, is
uature,s own true laxative. Tits the
most easjly takepand the most pleasantly
efectiva remedS known to cleanse the
systemSe hen tfiious OF positive; tos0Spel
head6Ghes, c0t6s and .tfers; to cure. ha-
bitual 6op1f1pat tons indf 1esti0B etc. For
sale in 80 cents and 81 bodies by Threl-
keld + Lyme, druggists, Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25
Boston, Dec. Ia 1887

For25 cents 5oa can get Csrer,8 Little
Liyeg Pll.s-.as<best liver {egYntor in
The world. Donh forget this Oae paltfa
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25

News and family paper in the state 10
the WEEKLY GAZETTE; price reduced 70
el q year.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25

Sold by Druggists and Dealers Eraytgbcrc
The Charles a. yOgelcr Co.. Ealto., Nd.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
An Repression fren an Experienced
Stoekmsn on she Stagnaiieh Oh
stock Interests In Texas.
Explanation of why Salt is Ben fetal to
Csstle-Csttie Drifting In the West.
Fine Hereford Caves.

Cattle sud sheep in the vicinity Of Mid
land were drifted g great zeal by the
snow storm Of last Wednesday, and many
of them will not be recovered till the
snrinp round NJ,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25

In cheapening the price Of Tx WEli'
LIZ GAZETTE it is the determination to a.
proue its rague to ell cIssses Of resides
Among its attractions will be
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25

Mr.. W. r. Mcfarland, the Walker, Mo 4,
Hereford breeder, who has been in the
city for the past week with bunch OF
stock, returned home yesterday, leaving
hi. stock at Powell Bros stables.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-08-04

! Horses aud Mules for Sale or Tx
change. i. G. CLARION, Central s. g.
Rust or someSl,ing Of Che kind hiss
struck the cotton i'll some sections OF tke
State
Mr.. ii. Morgan and wife, Of CtreFn-
vile, were visiting in Pickens lust Sab
bath.
GLOW is crops oy6r in your part OF
| the country" "Just u.s. good as We wiEnt
! them TO be-"
The many Friends of Miss Sue Ellcn
Lewis will DO glad to learn that she IS III
| PickGns for fow days. .....'.
Arr. ". j. +. Haynes has II hon which
has raised twenty-five broods or chick-
ens, and it is not q wonder that she Is
st!l broodiug.
An examination of stalk Of cotton in
| Mr.. J. G. Grif1in's patch III town shows
| 1873 sunarcs to one stalk. IF those como
to maturity, they will yield over pound
| of seed cotton.
Seneca is making n move now for Tie
establishing of public school to run
ten months in tho year. This will pay
a 1argor dividend than any of her inter
nal improvements.
Mr. Thomas Welborn says some un-
! fortunate dog has carried off steel trap
which he had set for musk rats, and he
wants him to bring it back, rs tho rats
continue their depreciation on his corn.
Fnrman University offers splendid
opportunity to tho young mon Of the
country. 1t is fully equipped in tho
way Of "highly educated and oxpcricn-
ced faculty. Write to Prof. II. T. Cool.
GrconviIlc, S. c., for catalogue.
Tho people OF Laurcns got on their
! mcttle because the correspondent Of tie
Ncwe and Courier said public Rcntimcut
sustained Sheohan III thokil]ing Of Bish-
op. They held an indignation meeting
md denounced the statement ae false.
heVs. Il. IL. Jenkins and S. Suthcr~
land, have hourishing 'colored school
at Easlcy numbering about one hundred
and thirty-five pupils. jenkins expects,
when he completes the course at Clafn
to establish at Easlcy a colorcd High
! School,
On Sunday the 2Gth ult Ellen Craig,
| colOrcd, of Hurricane Township, died in
tho full triumph Of gospel faith. Her
remains were buried ut Milo Crook, the
funeral services bding conducted by Rev.
Moses Grew, colorcd. She leaves nus,
band and eight children. 6.
Mr.. L. A. Brown did us mp Just right
on the sweet potato question. He
brought us enough to last us two days.
They were tho largest wo havo socn.
Two were OF last years crop and just az
sound as dollar The ends Of his potG-
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Attention is called to tho advertise.
mcnt of the Williamston Female Col
lego. If you arc looking fora place TO
educate your daughterR, send to Or.
Lander for catalogue, or interview
somo of his graduates in this county be-
fore You make up your mind to sond
thQm any where else.
Nora, Il daughtor OF Charlie Rosamond,
colorod, OF Hurricane Township, died on
the morning of the 28th ofJuly. Though
only nine years of age she had given the
best evidences olpio'y and devotion. This
is the fourth mombor of the family bur
ied since tho first day of january. G.
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EbOts sNrSylI GATES.

ArR. EDTroR:-We had q very good
season last week, and the crop pros
pect is tho most promising ] over
saw
John e. Gossaway hus purchased
him n new saw mill, and eau now
turn out any kind of lumber the pco-
pie may desire
John p. Smith has about twenty
acres of cotton mat is hard to beat.
Your correspondent was through it
on the 9th inst and n great deal Of
it was shoulder high
j. G. Garrett returned from his
trip to Franklin county Ga., and
reports crops good in that section,
but says they aro not as nourshinS
rs the crops of this section.
Miss Lucio Ellis has t&l1on charge
of the school Mt Prntor's Creek Miss
Lucy is a frst-closs t6achof and is
liked very much by oil her"patrons.
Tho new. mail route from Central
to piclicns viu Gates and Roanonko
will soon be established. Mail every
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
IwontGris aftcrnool and inspected
4 piece ui com belonging to J. G. r.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-08-04

.uls ruunus INst Wednesday, encountered
and killed large lRttIe-snakc, near Mr..
s. II. Browns, in Dncusvillo Township
His snakeship had eleven rnttles and q
button. He was forty inches long.
We regret that business engagements
prevents our attending the picnic near
Central this week. This has been a
great year for picnics. There will not
be so many noxt year, for the matrons
and maidens will be lcctioncored clear off
the ground at the first
Mrs. Jano Prince, vito of Mr.. NJ
Prince, died on the morning of the Goth
ult., at tho ago of Is years. She was a
native of Anderson county and had been
for fifty-six years a devoted member of
the Presbyterian oh,mtll. Dr. Riley
preached tho funeral
A colored youth was put mp in Green
Villo few days ago for following the
example sot by tho Richmond and Dan
Vile railroad robbers. He was twisting
seals from tho freight cars at the Air
Lime Depot He said he only wanted
them to make sinkers for his fish hook.
Tho National Executive COMMITTED Of
third and fourth class postmasters have
issued n cali for n National Convention
TO convene i'll Washington City on the
2d Tuesday fh December to tako into
consideration the question Of increased
compensation. The oditor of the Uni.
ted States Mail has Charge Of all tho ar
rangements,
Much good work was done on the
streets last week. The old, unsightly,
dead oak at tho corner Of Main and Ann
streets was removed, and toll oitisons
can now pass without ondan8 8ering their
eranihfns agninst the weather. beaten ad-
%ertising board which has boon standing
opposite, and running NgNi6st tho SENT1=
MEL FOR tho last seSon years.
The prohibitionists Of Anderson had ot
asst to appeal to Judge Norton for 4
Mandamus to compel tho commissioners
of election in that county to or.
Ter the election provided for by the
Murray Bill" Tho writ was promptly
flowed, rs the r6lators had a oloor case
egainst tho commissioners, aud tho cleo.
ion has been ordordd for tho 10th of An
,;ust.
The rains ended up last Tuesday with
~ tremendous freshot in this country w
3. Allgood on Wolf Crook says he il
tamnged fl 900 III his corn crop. Col.
I[ollihgsworth says he Will not get more
han ono.tlird OF crop from Twelve
Mic. Wntcr was from hill, t0hiil and
rising nj tho fato ofa foot ott hodr, it is
aid, 10y the old fcsidouts, TO be higlrdl
ju,n was o2oF boiore known. Mr.. j. G.
Nifrm tltinkB his crop on Town Greek
Rtas not t,oidlgnd pnah
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pr E NTa.


Itrdpea On crowns MounSaln last
Mondlss.
The east winalSstsstudaS blew down
much corn.
Now md then 'aload ofpeaohes come
] sin from the mountains.
The rain list week was surely genor-
sal one ov6r the State ..
4 Mira w. J. Bramlett is Visiting rclN-
5;tiyes in'Greehrille County,
The arammers came to town last woek
iin squads of from two to four
Mrs. Earnest Thornley, is visiting the
family of Capt. J. l.. Thornley,.
Prof. II. e. Harris left this 'plaoo last
5 Saturday for his homo in Virginia.
4 Mr.. G. w. GfignilliRt, Of Seneca, was
j. a Pickens last Saturday on business
A sheep Is Fjust as current Mt this OF
fee to pay subscription as grcenbncks'
Il MIR. John Mcdaniel, Of Groenvillo, vls-
ited his nephew Mr.. J. H. G. A1cDanloi
4 last week.
4 Miss Annie May Griffin has rotutned
from visit to relatives and frien''S III
/ SGreenSille.
! Mesgrs. willie Griffin and Matthew
ip,ozeo1e visited relatives and friends III
fPickens last Week.
The Barnwell Sentinel says it is esti-
,moted that the melon crop will bring in
TO that county this season, 100000.
The Easley Dramatic Grub will givo
nm entertainment Mt an early date. The
exact tfmowill he announced next week.
Col. ). e. Hagood and his daughter,
Miss Lucie, and Mr.. P. Med. Alexander
will attend the Spartanburg Encamp-
ment.
Mr.. Tom. BlossengHme, OF GrocnVilic,
who hiss been visiting his uncle, Dr. "
I. Field, is now paying Eugoue Hol-
lingsworth short visit.
The Methodist Sunday School OF Do-
'cusville, will give basket picnic on Sat
'urday August 18th. Speakers have
@been selected for the day, and every body
is invited.
~ The Young Mems Christian Associa-
'tionf Easloy will hold special prayer
meeting IN tho Baptist Church Friday
and Saturday nights Every body is
cordially invited to attend.
:, Mr.. w. Il. McFall has extended his
Cotton platform the entire length of his
store. Any one who wishes can bring
their bales and tumble them off On it and
{shoy will be properly cared for.
Misses Mirtie }S6roggin, Emma and
Annie Russell, Of Turin, Ga. arc visit
Emo the fnr,;lv of W. pIrv m, l
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z,si e.,s . saociatios,. 1

lis As, ttst = - Sff's'N - X az saAs 52
Rhe salble HfaaieaI aud af9laag
Tmproyenept Association net SEjtl
tile Griffin Baptist Church J,dy tht
3oth aud asst, 1882
qho dey being wetthd attendance
was not large. At 10 O'clock the
meeting was called to order BY the
President, who read portiou of
scripture and prayer WAS mmdo by
| Rev. II. r.. Mosclcv, Of Grornyillc.
Capt j. A. Csrilin gave q hearty wei
como address which was Responded
to by Rev. C. W. Singleton in be
half Of the Association. For tho next
half hour VIC had splendid music, then
tho Association had s'.mptious din
ner or the ground.
AftCr dinner was over wo again
had good music. Then the ASsucia-
tion elected officers for the ensuing
year rs follows: II. J Anthony, Pres.
ident: Rev, NJ. i. Jones, Vicr-Prrsi,
dent; j. L. Singleton, Secretary; ].
L. Clildrcss, Conductor; and G.. W.
co!'S,''"i'' a. l. Nl'lo'oSS ana a. Il.
'inS;''''''' ~, r.Aoc"'''' oon'N1ttCc'
The application of tho Pickens
cH''f'i' JOE I'll" next meeting OF the
association ~ Was taken up ana granted
Inc m'}tln@ thon adjourned with
pIhHcr "' New W. H. Jones.
Inc 1'ShC oeM8 very rahN no
HoinP'Foh'" N''@'" Mcct'n% WAS i'Hd.
'o'''''''A !)e'o''on"l 'N'fI'""s con
''"'''n ,H '''' iyo''rI''' prayer was
o'1ol "'' "H l''|'S' IL L. M"""toJ ah''
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WIS 0l''~'S" % D" '"!1'e" over u
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S5st3 Il s3ssS ssfs..E.t. 1.
County Of PTcKENs.
Est Cottf's &pS &'NE.pseso7s Frgpms,
Complaint for Relief.


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i3 io'I9WiHS ohilIr"'l' 10 Wlt:Shrnh G. An
1E,.nI 1tEn'.tI'-a;"',r5!I '>r"""r' M'rH NhHpmNn,
: rco'll1A t,;TSoiiS, q Il t'"TooD", WATSON
i,' ''.N''"' H"rF'l iarS"hS. 1G"An A.
'"I""EnS' Annit illyhr*, Loiirh tItui-
i,|' 'h'' NOR ~ "FSof*; AHI lh",tots"W-
ing Sr4ld-chl'"tnn, 10 W.T.: Hi"n Rack
ny ny "h" - h"mpcN daughters O:
hN"'i'"S II fHnS &c !'ASCd 81 rr",t"-
I,"'''' son OF Hllnu"i 0nd Glenn I'nF
son" n son OF Benjamin Parsons d".
"71'H; also ri"H"cHAS"d son OF Sum
To: 'hc h"n" Mt Inv Of ", Jefferson
taF%0nS deceased. to wit: Emily Stow
4ft' Ihnreutn" Boon, ENizthcth Fra
oE' MARY n. Parsons, JnmoS A. Far,
Hoi'S' Jackson Parsons, john W. Pur-
sons and Pcrclphia Parsons; tho heirs
"V ~" nl Yn'hm No1ghboTS d"c&,5"d,
20 Wit: Allic"J. NelGhbor%, John NCiHh-
nnrS', IhonlHS N"IGhhnrr9, Amanda
'''''I' " wv "it t''iINit'h oj " ilt!f(
Hhd hri-" mn Nrlahbnra-~h"r hus-
ntlu; III" hers nj law M EiH;t Ann
ttnnHr, to wit: Ndnoy VI, Gnr""r,
Ii;"F'tt t"Ti or, JnW"@ Garner N"l
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H1Nn"Wn; the clf8 n law OF Mary J..
Mayl"Id, To wit: A'i|"'d," M::N!j"Id,
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t"HrSon MHyi!".d; III" heir" ~ ,lw -.
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h"If@ Ht '1w OF I|i:illo htoocE Nc" f"l.
r"nh "Gn@''CN, t" wit: l., -. EaE%ul.".
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h''l hIH'"'iiN, IN" heIrS at Law OF ji"m-
oE7 .r"o'i" dcccaS"d, whose names ;,"tE
'".if'cf arc unknown; amt TIC E"ri%
~ Jaw oi hooCEt y. Morgan deceased,
20 WIT; Nm. H. Morgan, Marr" 2,
li"idHA, ilnrll"tt II ltoidcn, iohor;
NJ Morgan, Nancy &. Nlnuldn, Frank
ID. ntofGan, 3ancN =. Morgan, 'I"ntni
n. htorSan and joitofHon ID. Morgan
u, smith Erti'in: J. a. Stewart Hnd
al other person OF persons unknown
claiming any lnterr"t IN the cStat" q
james EEl%OnH dC&oASCt, Defendants
Summons for Relief.
Io the DeTHnd'nds iii the foregoing Rta
ted cas-.
you and each OF you Nro hereby sum
moned aud required to answer th'
complaint IN this action, which was OF
the llth day Of Jnlr 1887 tiilel in til,
oiticc OF the Clerk OF Cnnrt of Common
Elen1 and to serve copy of yonrnnswc
on tho subscribers ut their Office on tn
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aGYOU Want Il Good Article
OF pnUo T0nAcCo, osI your dcalor 70,
"eBAID HSHEH"


The following nro the Appointments of
Rav. 0. l.. Dwant on The piGkcna Mis-
sion until further noticr:-Wwclyo Mile,
LIST Sunday at3 o'clock p. M; Gap Hill,
LIST Sunday 10 o clock II. m Tabor, 2nd
Sunday 8 o'clock p. N. Portdr'A Chap
ol, 3D. Sunday II o'clock n. NJ; New
Hopo, 4th Sunday II o'clock n. m.
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SLEEPING CAR, sERvInE

\ SLEEPING CAR, SERVICE
On trains5O and 81 Pullman Buffet slccp.
ers between New York and Atlanta. On
trains 80 aud 53 Pullman Buffet slcaref
between Washington and New Orleans
l'ullman klccpcr hrtwcGn Greensboro and
Rich'nond. Tllr"qgh tickets Oh sale at
principal Stations to all points. For ratr4
and information apply to any agent of ,hc
company or
Il b THOMAS. JAS. r, TAYJD
Gcnl Manager ora
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SLEEHING CAR SERVICE
On trains No. 90 and 81 PuIman
SlcGpcrS between Savannah and .Hyc
Springs, N. 9. via. Columbia and Spar.
tantlurg. ri. ..... FL
Tickets on sale at Principal Stations "a
all points.
JAS. l.. TAYLOR Gent P,csa. &g t;
D. CARDWELL, AP A, Columbia, S. c.
SOIL HAAS Traffic Manager
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PRICES CURRENT.

THESE PRICES AKE FOR WHOLESALE f.
LOTS.
'"fNEcT1Dw WEEKLY nrrERGUsoN &MILLrn
In making market Quotations VIC can
ohI| "Ppr"NImHto values. Many cmn-
E''% occur alter the quotations arc sent
out, and wo can only horn to give n gcn
tL''' ,I iu'S, "i the value prevailing the day
tho quotations are made.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-07

of guncaFs and other noises near the mouse.
Sunday morning their neighbors were in
f.rme1 Of The Treatment they had received,
and effort was made by several gentlemen
in the community 10 apprehend the perpre-
traitors of the cowarily deed. After little
shrewd work it was ascertained that two
negro boys, one about I and the other IA
years Of age had undertaken to
brighten the ladies from their home
The community became somewhat excited
about the matter, and after an informal
conference, determined upon their course
OF procedure. The two boys had confessed
and awaited, punishment. The father of
the boys was informed that one OF two
things must be cione-either he must whip
TIA na6ed backs Of the boys in the presence
of the crowd or the law must take ITS course.
The father chose TO administer the lashlng
and asked for a committee to say how many
ticks should be given. The committee was
appointed and it at once decided that the
younger boy should have fifteen stripes
and the older one forty. The father put on
the whip Just right, and was grateful that
the gentlemen allowed him to do that rather
than bring his boys to Jail.
+. o.. Friersen, in Charleston NcCs and
Courier: 1t was recently stated in ser
mon TO the young men of Laurens that this
town received in name from John Laurens,
son OF Henry Laurens, who was born III
charleston III 100. Henry LaureIlS, aecoTu-
ing TO Ramsy's . History of South Caro-
lima" was Successful merchant III Charles
ton, and during the Revolutionary war was
sent by Congress as a minister to Holland,
but was captured or the way by British
ship and imprisoned in the Tower Of Lon
don. John, his son, was subsequently sent
by Congress to France to negotiate, In COM
pany with Benjamin Franklin, for aid
from the French to assist the colonists
in gaining their independence. He and
Franklin Arranged the plan OF cam
paign of 15b1, which eliminated
in the surrender Of Lord CORVALLIS at
Yorktown. John laurens then returned
to South Carolina, and was elected a menl-
Der of the Legislature, which met then in
the town of Jacksonboro about thirty
five miles above Charleston. He was killed
at the age of 81, at place called Combahee,
in attempting to repel a party of British,
who had made raid on that place to get
rice during the British occupation of
Charleston. The assertion was made that
the town and county of Laurens were
named after John Laurens But gentle
man has denied the correctness of that
statement and affirms that the town and
county were named after Henry Laurens,
his father Can you kindly assist me in
settling this question!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-07
THE CHARLOTTE JONES CASE.
What the Clerk of the Decatur Supe-
rior Court Has to Say About 1t.


Editor Morning Ne,Cs: An unintenuional
injustice, 1 think, is done me in an Atlanta
dispatch in the MORNING News of Nov.
in reference TO the sentence of one Charlotte
Jones (coIoredl. ] was not the Clerk of
Decatur Superior Court at the time of the
trial and sentence of said Charlotte, and,
therefore, | cannot say whether or not a
copy of the amended sentence referred to
was sent to the Keeper of the penitentiary
and Capt. NeIn1s ard not Col Towers was
then the keepA9 and am certainly not re-
sponsibie for any lack of notice in the case.
As to change Of her sentence, as soon as the
facts were brought TO my knowledge by Mr..
o. NJ. Rawls, of this county, Immediately
sent to Col. Towers a copy of the amended
sentence, which explains itself. and wrote
him as quoted in the MORNING NEWS of
Nov. 8. These are the facts in relation to
the case so far as know them.
In the same dispatch your correspondent
saws: "There was somewhat similar case
from Decatur county a few months ago"
Now let me state the facts in that case.
The case referred to is that of the State VS..
Simon and Minerva Brock. They were in
dicted for and convicted of burglary at the
November term, 1886, of our Superior
Court and sentenced for a term of one year
in the penitentiary. and sent right off to
moved for, and at the May term, 1887, of
said court. obtained new trial, and then
entered for them a plea of guilty of larceny
from the house, upon which (by and with
the consent of their attorney in writing
that they serve out such sentence as the
court might impose upon them
wherever they were then confined,
they were sentenced to term
Of imprisonmehto of six months, instead of
one year, and the very day on which this
new sentence was passed l made and mailed
to Col. Towers a copy of it, and supposed
that he had received it until Col
Russell informed me that the defend
ants were still in prison, some
time after their term had expired, and l
then made and sent to Col. Towers a second
copy of the amended sentence These are
| the true facts of the cases. Please publish
this in justice to myself.
- c. W. KIMBERLEY,
| Clerk Superior Court Decatur County.